Bill Pekny’s experience in meteorology and atmospheric physics includes hurricane modification experiments with the U.S. Navy Hurricane Hunters, LASER RADAR development; testing of new products in various atmospheric environments; global climate research and more. His career in science spans over 50 years in the U.S. Armed Forces and aerospace industry.

He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics from DePaul University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has completed additional advanced meteorology coursework at Florida State University and the University of Utah. He also served as a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Ginzton Laboratory of Applied Physics.